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Hello,
I live in in the city of Santa Clara (in Santa Clara County) in California. Here are some home facts before I ask the question:
- Current market value from Zillow: $1.5M- Number of bedrooms: 3- Number of full...
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Hello,Does anyone have experience buying an investment as a “secondary home” or a vacation home as an investing strategy? Buying a secondary home allows for better loan rates and lower down payment but you need to “li...
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Hello BP,Newbie investor here. I want to invest in Philadelphia most likely a rental property. I’d also be willing to house hack , live in a duplex and rent other side out . Unfortunately I’ve ran into a huge roadbloc...
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Currently looking for an agent to guide me through my first home purchase. Looking at properties in DC proper. I work in McLean so ideally I’d be close to the silver line metro. DuPont, Logan Circle, Eastern Market, a...
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Hello BP, Recently I sold a property and did a reverse 1031 exchange where I was able to put $3M of the profits in a different property. Unforchantly I still need to identify an additional property where I can put up ...
I'm a new real estate agent. After a deal closes, I'm not paid for weeks to even a month or more later. Is this standard?
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In our experience, most of the states that we have loans & REOs in have gone back to normal operations for foreclosures & evictions.These are TX, TN, VA, NV, & WI.The exceptions are:California - courts hav...
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Hello fella Austinites,I moved from SF Bay Area to Austin about a year ago with a goal of becoming a real estate investor and one day quit my normal W2 job.Fast forward, I am now on track of my plan but also need some...
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Hey!So I have been looking at 4 different rental properties, some duplexes, fourplexes, etc... and they all are being sold with existing tenants. Some of the properties have tenants paying on a month to month basis an...
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Hi All, Excited to be apart of the community. I've been working in real estate for 4 years, first as a hard money lender and then as an commercial agency lender (Fannie/Freddie) in Los Angeles. After starting on the s...